Update: Bloomfield woman airlifted in Saturday crash released from hospital

Sunday

Jul 13, 2014 at 12:01 AM

Megan Brandow

A Bloomfield woman who was transported to Strong Memorial Hospital by Mercy Flight with a head injury following a two-car crash at the intersection of County Road 39 and Eddy Road Saturday afternoon in East Bloomfield has been discharged from the hospital.

According to the Ontario County Sheriff's Office, a black sedan driven by Ketheryne Ellis, 20, of Rabbit Run in Bloomfield, was headed west on Eddy Road at 1:32 p.m. and failed to yield the right of way to a tan sedan driven by Bert Olton, 61, of Gates Road, Palmyra. Olton's vehicle struck the passenger's side of Ellis' car. Olton and his wife were not injured.

Ellis will be ticketed at a later date with failure to yield the right of way, according to the sheriff's office. As of Monday, July 14, the sheriff's office had no update on the case.

Responding to the scene was Ontario County sheriff’s deputies, East Bloomfield Fire Department, East Bloomfield Ambulance, Finger Lakes Ambulance and Mercy Flight.